JPA Prize in 2014

The outstanding editor awarded the 2014 JPA Prize was as follows:

Bart De Spiegeleer

Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis

Drug Quality & Registration group

Ghent University

Belgium

The two excellent referees awarded the 2014 JPA Prize were as follows:

1. Stacy Brown

Pharmaceutical Sciences

East Tennessee State University

United States of America

2. Satyanarayanaraju Sagi

School of Pharmacy

National Center for Natural Products Research

University of Mississippi

United States of America

The three top cited papers awarded the 2014 JPA Prize were as follows:

1. Joseph J. Kirkland， Stephanie A. Schuster*， William L. Johnson， Barry E. Boyes. Fused-core particle technology in high-performance liquid chromatography: An overview. Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis， 2013， 3（5）: 303-312.

2. Srinivasa Rao Polagani， Nageswara Rao Pilli，Ramakrishna Gajula， Venkateswarlu Gandu*.

Simultaneous determination of atorvastatin， metformin and glimepiride in human plasma by LC-MS/MS and its application to a human pharmacokinetic study. Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis， 2013， 3（1）: 9-19.

3. T. Satyanarayana Raju*， O. Vishweshwari Kutty，V. Ganesh， P. Yadagiri Swamy. A validated stabilityindica

ting LC method for the separation of enantiomer and potential impurities of Linezolid using polar organic mode. Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis， 2012， 2（4）: 272-278.

JPA Prize Medal

Fig. 2 Separation of anticoagulants with fused-core columns of different selectivities. Columns: 50 mm × 4.6 mm Halo C18， 50 mm × 4.6 mm Halo RP-amide， 50 mm × 4.6 mm Halo phenyl-hexyl； mobile phase: A/B = 40/60； A = 0.1% formic acid， pH 2.6； B = methanol/acetonitrile，50/50； flowrate: 2.0 mL/min； temperature: 45 oC； pressure: 210 bar；detector， UV: 254 nm； 1 μL injection； andsolutes: （1） uracil， （2）4-hydroxycoumarin， （3） coumarin， （4） 6-chloro-4-hydroxycoumarin， （5）warfarin， （6） coumatetralyl， and （7） coumachlor， i = impurity.

Fig. 3 Complete degradation profile of Linezolid along with the % impurity formation and corresponding mass nos. of impurities.